DC-Bus Voltage Control with a Three-

Phase Bidirectional Inverter and

converter for DC Distribution Systems
ABSTRACT
Renewable power generation systems grow rapidly. By nature, renewable power
is not continuous and reliable. It will be converted into dc form and buffered with energy
storage elements. This brings dc-driving opportunities for electric appliance and
equipment which are mostly supplied with dc voltage sources. However, the distributed
generation systems require bidirectional inverters to control the power flow between dc
bus and ac grid, and to regulate the dc bus to a certain range of voltages. This paper
presents dc-bus voltage control with a three-phase bidirectional inverter for dc
distribution systems. The bidirectional inverter can fulfill both grid connection and
rectification modes with power factor correction approaches. hen the system is
operated in grid-connection mode, it needs a higher dc-bus voltage to prevent dramatic
voltage drop below the lower bound due to a step dc load increase. !nd the system
requires a lower dc-bus voltage to e"tend the range of voltage swing in rectification
mode. In the literature, there are some power flow controls for dc distribution system
with constant-power loads, such as general dc#dc converters. The bidirectional inverter
can fulfill both grid connection and rectification with power factor correction. This
method can prevent dc-bus voltage from wide variation and improve the availability of
the dc distribution systems without increasing dc-bus capacitance.
Objectives
To prevent dc-bus voltage from wide variation and improve the availability of the
dc distribution systems without increasing dc-bus capacitance.
To control the dc-bus voltage with a three-phase bidirectional inverter and
bidirectional converter for dc distribution systems.
To ma$e the bidirectional inverter to perform as both grid connection and
rectification modes with power factor correction.
To ma$e the bidirectional converter to perform as both grid connection and
rectification modes with power factor correction.
To improve the availability of the dc distribution system without increasing dc-
bus capacitance.
Drawbacks of existing system
%ow efficiency.
&ore components are required.
High losses during power conversion
High cost
Advantages of proposed system
'ontinuous regulation of dc bus voltage
'ontrolled output voltage
High power conversion can possible
Both the rectification and as well as grid connected mode can possible
'ontrolled output voltage.
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